Rising rents have caught up with us and the shop is moving to 536 king st in south newtown thats opposite alice st near the new theatre. A local, familyrun bookshop, goulds is a member of the australian booksellers association aba. Goulds book arcade, sydney abebooks newtown, sydney. Last chapter for goulds book arcade sydney morning herald. Goulds book arcade 536 king st, newtown, new south wales 2042 rated 4. Buy a book and help save an iconic newtown building broadsheet. Goulds has changed names a few times and locations many times before opening in the current iconic building in 1989. Goulds book arcade has been forced to shut and its huge collection of second hand books, records, comics and posters are being sold to help. If you wish to have your personal details removed from goulds books database please contact us. Goulds book arcade does not share any of your information with any other party. Gould s secondhand cornucopia is a king street institution.
Since 1989 the shop was at the city end of king st, newtown. Goulds book arcade has been the dusty wonder of newtown since it opened on king street 30odd years ago, and soon the doors will close. Its home was once at the northern end of king street from 19892018, and since then the shelves of s. As a bookseller, gould was a sydney character who opened twelve bookshops and closed eleven since. We specialise in out of print books, publishers remainders of the last 40 years, and second hand books, catering to the general reader, students and some specialist areas. Goulds book arcade, for 50 years the last word for sydneys discerning leftwing readers, has been priced out of gentrifying king street, its future uncertain. Goulds book arcade in newtown, sydney, nsw, bookstores. We have been located near sydney university for over 20 years, and have bought many collections from retiring academics. Goulds book arcade newtown, new south wales, australia goulds book arcade specializes in australiana, indigenous australia, politics, society and culture, world history. Its been around for so long that really, it is a multidimensional bookshop.
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